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he worked with ted kennedy. he worked with democrats and signature domestic policy issues and then 9/11 happened and the wars occurred. really, the nation polarized again, right versus left. i don't think we have come out of that. obama inherited that. but he talked about bridging that and governing in a way to bring right and left together. i happening the number-1 failure of president obama is not the economy. it's his failure to find a way to bring us all together. >> eric: chris, what about that? >> well, i think it's easy to put it on president obammasm the fact is, this has been building and arguably building for years. the division that we have between the parties. the issues are difficult. the solutions are more complex. it is not easy to find that compromise. it is easy to say that it's president obama's fault. i heard that from the previous president. but the reality is, you cannot dance with someone if they keep saying no. when you have a republican party that is divided amongst itself, in terms of wh
he worked with ted kennedy. he worked with democrats and signature domestic policy issues and then 9/11 happened and the wars occurred. really, the nation polarized again, right versus left. i don't think we have come out of that. obama inherited that. but he talked about bridging that and governing in a way to bring right and left together. i happening the number-1 failure of president obama is not the economy. it's his failure to find a way to bring us all together. >> eric: chris, what...
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for years. >> ted kennedy? >> ted kennedy for 20 years opposed tougher measures. >> i'm not going to go back to ted kennedy. >> democrats still do. >> the president has put forth a plan -- >> i think that's a good thing the president did. >> that's one good thing the president did. take high capacity -- these clips. you don't need all of those clips for hunting. it makes it easier to kill more people. what's interesting here, wolf, i think you sort of see this right now, republicans are so dug in on a position that, quite frankly, is not where the american people are. you can come along and help change these laws or in two years speaker pelosi can change these law gls how endangered can some of these democrats, specifically the more rural states that are up in 2014, there is a history of this, how politically dangerous, though, is this for these democrats to support the president? >> let me tell you this. i think what we're seeing right now is the same sort of thing we saw after 9/11 where the sort of conscienc
for years. >> ted kennedy? >> ted kennedy for 20 years opposed tougher measures. >> i'm not going to go back to ted kennedy. >> democrats still do. >> the president has put forth a plan -- >> i think that's a good thing the president did. >> that's one good thing the president did. take high capacity -- these clips. you don't need all of those clips for hunting. it makes it easier to kill more people. what's interesting here, wolf, i think you sort of...
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george bush reached across the aisle with ted kennedy for the the no child left behind and bill clinton reached out to republicans and worked with them to pass the north american free trade agreement over objection of majority of democrats. where are barack obama's bipartisan achievement and legislatures he passed working with republicans against democrats? not a single issue he stakes a claim against his own party for the good of the country. his model is stimulus, and obamacare where he maximizes his position and rams it through as best he can and look, it's worked for him. he won, got both of those bills through and he won reelection and i see no sign whatsoever he's going to become the post partisan president in the second term that he promised to be in his first and never was. >> megyn: the question is though, simon, whether and even -- putting aside the fact that he's fighting for what he wants and that's what a president is supposed to do, it's the language and the impugning of the motives. when he was running for office back in '08 he said i am not going to be the by who demoniz
george bush reached across the aisle with ted kennedy for the the no child left behind and bill clinton reached out to republicans and worked with them to pass the north american free trade agreement over objection of majority of democrats. where are barack obama's bipartisan achievement and legislatures he passed working with republicans against democrats? not a single issue he stakes a claim against his own party for the good of the country. his model is stimulus, and obamacare where he...
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bush, john mccain, jon kyl and ted kennedy had an immigration bill in 2007. it failed. i felt at that moment that that was the real missed opportunity. we have to get comprehensive immigration reform back on the agenda. there are some republicans like marco rubio and others who are speaking out about this because the republican party has to demonstrate that it has broad appeal. i think on some of the core values the notion of fiscal responsibility, a strong national defense individual responsibility, yes, federalism, that there are things that the states ought to do that the federal government can't do. i think those are widely popular among the american people. but if you send messages that there are whole segments of the population that are not welcome not only is it bad politics but it's bad policy because without immigration, robust immigration we have the same demographics of japan and europe. so the united states has or the republican party has both a political and a policy problem. >> the president one other thing the president has to do i think -- and your prior
bush, john mccain, jon kyl and ted kennedy had an immigration bill in 2007. it failed. i felt at that moment that that was the real missed opportunity. we have to get comprehensive immigration reform back on the agenda. there are some republicans like marco rubio and others who are speaking out about this because the republican party has to demonstrate that it has broad appeal. i think on some of the core values the notion of fiscal responsibility, a strong national defense individual...
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. >> ted kennedy said he is confident that we will get universal health care, and he has been working on a longer than anybody. but he has gone through 12 of these plans, and each time they have failed. part of the reason i think they have failed as we have not been able to bring democrats, republicans together to get it done. that is what i did in illinois, to provide insurance for people who did not have it. that is what i will do in bringing all parties together, not negotiating behind closed doors but bringing all parties together, and broadcasting those negotiations on c-span so that the american people can see what the choices are. part of what we have to do is to enlist the american people in this process. and overcoming the special interests and lobbyists -- they will resist any thing we try to do. my plan, her plan, they will try to resist. the antidote to that is making sure that the american people understand what is at stake. i am absolutely committed to making sure that everybody in america who needs health care will get it. host: president obama in a presidential debate
. >> ted kennedy said he is confident that we will get universal health care, and he has been working on a longer than anybody. but he has gone through 12 of these plans, and each time they have failed. part of the reason i think they have failed as we have not been able to bring democrats, republicans together to get it done. that is what i did in illinois, to provide insurance for people who did not have it. that is what i will do in bringing all parties together, not negotiating behind...
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ted kennedy, the lead sponsor, a democrat, president bush working in concerts 3 years. i would remind you, president obsmga was one of the people in the senate who voted to kill that bipartisan immigration reform, voting for every killer amendment offered up by the labor union. there is an element in the republican party, many of us believing that the issue must be settled. but the question's going to be, will the president work in a bipartisan fashion on this? or will he attempt to use it for partisan gain as he has the last four years? he could have taken this issue off the table in 2009 or 2010. but it wasn't apparently important enough for him to deal with. how will he approach the issue? bipartisan or confrontation? >> on the flip side, joe ogun control, there doesn't seem to be a lot of indication that the president has reached out to the other side on this issue. in fact, all indications are there is going to be this effort to go grassroots and really put the pressure on from the outside. >> he started his move, to move his campaign organization into an issue adv
ted kennedy, the lead sponsor, a democrat, president bush working in concerts 3 years. i would remind you, president obsmga was one of the people in the senate who voted to kill that bipartisan immigration reform, voting for every killer amendment offered up by the labor union. there is an element in the republican party, many of us believing that the issue must be settled. but the question's going to be, will the president work in a bipartisan fashion on this? or will he attempt to use it for...
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and if we do succeed, and i think we will, it will be a testimonial to ted kennedy's effort years ago that laid the groundwork for this agreement. you will find this agreement has very little different from that of the legislation that was led by senator kennedy some years ago. >> one other thing, the public's attitude has changed. four years ago they said fix the border. now they much prefer a comprehensive solution, including a path to citizenship, as well as fixing the border and doing the things we have talked about. what is interesting, when you look the polling data, it is democrats, independents, and republicans who agree with that, people in the north and east, south agree with that. the public is your new for real change now. that will help as well, and of course, what senator mccain said. >> center, the president is set to speak tomorrow on this issue. why do this today, why one day early? >> we do not have much time and became to an agreement this weekend and we want to move quickly. as i mentioned, senator durban and i spoke to the president. he was delighted that we came
and if we do succeed, and i think we will, it will be a testimonial to ted kennedy's effort years ago that laid the groundwork for this agreement. you will find this agreement has very little different from that of the legislation that was led by senator kennedy some years ago. >> one other thing, the public's attitude has changed. four years ago they said fix the border. now they much prefer a comprehensive solution, including a path to citizenship, as well as fixing the border and doing...
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kennedy from years ago, which laid the groundwork for this agreement. this agreement has very little difference from that legislation that was brought by senator kennedy some years ago. host: john mccain of arizona, speaking yesterday. anita, new york, independent line. caller: it may be different in new york city, but why do these politicians assume that all of these illegals are mexicans. in new york city there are massive numbers of people from poland, china, italy. that was my number one thing. , these people do not suffer the consequences of the mexicans, cubans do not emigrate, they arrive here as political refugees, much like the russian jews. thus the united states is a safe haven to certain people. i do not understand why these gentlemen are representing the latino community when their constituents mostly do not suffer the same consequences. i think that a lot of illegal onlys, let's be clear, not on the nomenclature, but giving people all the information. thank you. host: john, port city -- port st. lucie. caller: we have a $6 trillion deficit
kennedy from years ago, which laid the groundwork for this agreement. this agreement has very little difference from that legislation that was brought by senator kennedy some years ago. host: john mccain of arizona, speaking yesterday. anita, new york, independent line. caller: it may be different in new york city, but why do these politicians assume that all of these illegals are mexicans. in new york city there are massive numbers of people from poland, china, italy. that was my number one...
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kennedy's impact on domestic policy. from his many years in the u.s. senate, he has developed a very personal understanding that we represent not just states or governments, but also people. i want to ask john why he loves the senate. he said it is the pride he feels in trying to get things done for people. for three years now, he has been working quietly to help a father from massachusetts, whose two sons were kidnapped and taken to eject. john even called former president mubarak and had a screaming match with him about it. five times he has been to egypt and every time, colin has been at the top of his list in every meeting. every senator has -- it is what we do. we fight for people back,. as secretary, john will understand that and bend over backwards to help us do that. he will be a terrific bridge from the hill to the administration. i know that john kerry cares deeply about our country and our national security. i know he believes in the good that america can do in the world. he has seen its and he has lived all h
kennedy's impact on domestic policy. from his many years in the u.s. senate, he has developed a very personal understanding that we represent not just states or governments, but also people. i want to ask john why he loves the senate. he said it is the pride he feels in trying to get things done for people. for three years now, he has been working quietly to help a father from massachusetts, whose two sons were kidnapped and taken to eject. john even called former president mubarak and had a...
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kennedy's impact on domestic policy. from his many years in the u.s. senate, john has developed a very personal understanding that we represent not just states or government, but also people. i once asked john why he loves the senate. he said, it's the pride he feels in trying to get things done for people. for three years now he has been working quietly to help the father from newton, massachusetts, call head. his two sons were kidnapped and taken to egypt. john even call the former president mubarak and had a screaming match with them about it. five times he has been to egypt since then, and every time, and has been at the top of his list in every meeting. every senator here has a column ballot -- it's what we do. we fight for people. as secretary john will understand that and bin over backwards to help us to that. he will be a terrific bridge from the hill to the administration. i know that john cares deeply about our country and our national security. i know he believes the iran through in the did that america can do
kennedy's impact on domestic policy. from his many years in the u.s. senate, john has developed a very personal understanding that we represent not just states or government, but also people. i once asked john why he loves the senate. he said, it's the pride he feels in trying to get things done for people. for three years now he has been working quietly to help the father from newton, massachusetts, call head. his two sons were kidnapped and taken to egypt. john even call the former president...
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long-time associate of senator ted kennedy whose presence looms over the capital. looms over this event and this luncheon. doris and i were remembering during this last event, that we learned that senator kennedy had collapsed. of course we later learned a series of health troubles. there's the president pro tem of the senate. chuck todd across town at the white house. chuck, anything you wanted to add to this conversation? >> well, no. but i can tell you that when it comes to where this -- where the president wants to argue with the court, i think that, you know, that's still sort of -- they're still pleasantly surprised they got that health care decision. i think we forget how this sort of intertwining of justice roberts and barack obama, here they were under oath, but justice roberts bailed him out. imagine the campaign had the court gone the other way in health care. >> brian, we saw kathleen -- >> the democratic leader of the house of representatives nancy pelosi, accompanied by mr. pelosi. >> kathleen sebelius she's staying on, because this year is critical i
long-time associate of senator ted kennedy whose presence looms over the capital. looms over this event and this luncheon. doris and i were remembering during this last event, that we learned that senator kennedy had collapsed. of course we later learned a series of health troubles. there's the president pro tem of the senate. chuck todd across town at the white house. chuck, anything you wanted to add to this conversation? >> well, no. but i can tell you that when it comes to where this...
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. >> the kennedy speech, and ted sorenson his long time speech writer often asked that and his line was did you write that speech? he would say ask not dot-dot-dot. the presidents like to put their own words to paper and suspect that president obama, too, will have a big hand in crafting it. >> steve: did he just mention reagan? >> he did. >> steve: here is the gipper. >> we as americans have the capacity now as we've had in the past to do whatever needs to be done to preserve this last and greatest bastion of freedom. in this present crisis government is not the solution to our problem, government is the problem. >> steve: very famous as well. >> it is. that line was so telling because there's such a departure from the carter years and even ford and nixon before it. it was the culmination of really, 20 years of conservative philosophy starting with barry goldwater and set the tone for the reagan presidency, it wasn't about government, it was about people and about winning the cold war. >> steve: sure, and the speech that the president of the united states is going to give tomorrow. we
. >> the kennedy speech, and ted sorenson his long time speech writer often asked that and his line was did you write that speech? he would say ask not dot-dot-dot. the presidents like to put their own words to paper and suspect that president obama, too, will have a big hand in crafting it. >> steve: did he just mention reagan? >> he did. >> steve: here is the gipper. >> we as americans have the capacity now as we've had in the past to do whatever needs to be done...